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Post by KyleEl on Mar 21, 2022 16:45:06 GMT -5
Wheat Thins are gone!
I found more Cheez Its.
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Post by KyleEl on Mar 25, 2022 14:40:34 GMT -5
I bought more Cheez Its but I'm almost out of bread and there's none on sale yet. At least not for a low enough price. I'll have to buy something next week.
I contacted Campbell's again and told them the information from a soup can that had something bad in it. Then on closer inspection it was just a burned carrot. That's what the other can may have had in it. I haven't heard back, but I will get a coupon because of the first one.
I'll get a coupon from the company that makes Brach's because there weren't enough green ones. I hope I won't have to buy a product before next Easter. I want to eat jelly beans once a year.
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Post by KyleEl on Mar 29, 2022 13:40:03 GMT -5
I found my bread on sale yesterday. It's a good thing because I'm almost out.
I had the opportunity to eat something other than hot dogs on Saturday but I didn't take advantage. I just put the hot dogs in the oven and they were fine. But my usual brand costs about $1 and I was in the store where I get points and all hot dogs were $5 and $6. Am I going to have to stop eating hot dogs? No, my brand is not sold in that store and when I went to where I can buy them, no change in price.
It will be nice later this week to not have to put soup in the oven but it's not a big deal except the handle of the pot is hot.
I contacted Campbell's again, both about the specifics of the soup I first reported and about the burned carrot being just that.
The store where I get points has store brand versions of Wheat Thins and Triscuits which are cheaper even than when there is a buy one get one free deal. I finally bought some.
Milk was cheaper in the town where I went yesterday, but at the store where it is cheapest, it went up a lot and I got milk where I get points. I got all the points I need this month.
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Post by KyleEl on Apr 1, 2022 15:47:28 GMT -5
I got Campbell's coupon no. 1 but can't use it yet since I can't earn any more points until today, when I'm not going to the store with points. If it's for a free can, i won't get any points anyway and might lose some if the coupon is for more than the cost of a can.
I'm nearly out of cheese. I'll probably need to get milk where I get points, but cheese can wait because it's cheaper at the other store.
The pot handle is still hot when I warm soup on the stove.
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Post by KyleEl on Apr 8, 2022 13:12:48 GMT -5
I got the coupon for jelly beans but I can't use it for a year. Unless I want to eat twice as many jelly beans, and why would I do that?
I got my cheese. I got milk where I get points and I'll do that for the foreseeable future.
My bread may have been on sale but the store where I get points was out. So I got another type which I don't like quite as well.
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Post by KyleEl on Apr 11, 2022 14:48:24 GMT -5
I burned my sloppy toms this morning.
Not really, because they didn't taste that bad. But once I hear the noise, it's too late. And rally hard to clean.
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Post by KyleEl on Apr 18, 2022 13:15:26 GMT -5
Forgot this last week.
I burned my sloppy toms but only messed up the pan because I didn't tun it on high.
I finished my Wheat Thins and my Triscuits. I hope. I have been eating Chicken in a Biskit.
What I forgot to mention is that when I heard mouse noises, I double checked where I had kept Ritz and Club Crackers and there were some.
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Post by KyleEl on Apr 22, 2022 13:59:22 GMT -5
I changed the bread that is not my usual bread to the bread I will use for lunch if I don't have enough to eat.
I opened Sociables and am almost finished. Chicken in a Biskit is almost finished too. I opened store brand Triscuits so I'll see if that's as good. it is cheaper.
I got overcharged for milk when I got the store brand. There's another cheaper brand but someone put the store brand where it said $2.99. I got a refund.
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Post by KyleEl on Apr 26, 2022 16:50:35 GMT -5
I still burned my turkey burgers! Well, I only messed up the pan. I can't put more water in the pan than it will hold, and yet that was quickly gone.
I really burned my hot dogs Saturday. I was able to salvage enough to eat, but I guess it takes less than 20 minutes with this new stove, or perhaps it's not necessary to put it on high. regardless, don't go to the post office.
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Post by KyleEl on Apr 29, 2022 14:47:11 GMT -5
Ritz has not been buy one get one free where I get points. I decided to settle for where I don't get points. I went ahead and paid more. It was still a sale.
I never expected to eat Triscuits and Wheat Thins so fast. There are consequences if I do, but not lately. And now I'm eating the store brands, which taste a little different but are okay.
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Post by KyleEl on May 6, 2022 13:32:16 GMT -5
I found the bread I wanted on sale. But only one loaf. I got another style.
And store brand Wheat Thins and Triscuits. And the crackers that are like Ritz. The taste is more like Hi Ho.
I did not burn turkey burgers. I turned them down.
I opened a new box of fish sticks but there was so much ice on it the box tore. Fortunately, this is the brand with a bag inside. I haven't found any on sale for a price low enough to be meaningful. The price went up. Turkey burgers went up too but substituting something else is more expensive.
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Post by KyleEl on May 9, 2022 15:25:16 GMT -5
I didn't think to turn down the turkey burgers. It looked like there was plenty of water. What a mess! And these turkey burgers were more expensive. Actually, it's just one, but I use two buns.
I needed a bag that had been torn to put over my trash. I emptied the cookies from it and discovered a mouse had gotten in one package. At the bottom. I guess that was easier and it didn't occur to me that once the bag was torn, the lowest bag was easiest.
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Post by KyleEl on May 20, 2022 13:13:53 GMT -5
Turkey burgers didn't burn.
I was close to 100 points and didn't buy much this week. And then for some odd reason I found I had way more than 100 points. I don't know how I'm going to get to 200 this late in the month, but I'll just have to buy some expensive items like detergent and toilet paper if they're on sale. I have way more toilet paper than I need, but 2 years ago that was a good thing. I hope to find coupons for detergent which will help.
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Post by KyleEl on May 23, 2022 15:14:48 GMT -5
I keep running out of store brand crackers.
It's a good thing, because that'll help me get to 200. If I don't have serious consequences for eating those crackers, they are good and they're relatively cheap.
I ran out of hamburger buns but it was too risky to go get more. The storms that came through supposedly caused a lot of power outages but I can't find any details. I wouldn't have wanted to travel in the rain anyway. However, I may not get to go tomorrow either.
I have four loaves of bread I haven't opened, so the more of those I can eat the better. But they are more expensive than the buns.
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Post by KyleEl on May 27, 2022 14:44:46 GMT -5
I got hamburger buns when I got refrigerated stuff. I didn't see what milk cost where I get points but last time I checked it was $3.29. At the store where I get buns it was $3.79. I went to another store that has that brand and milk was $3.19. However, buns had gone up a few cents.
I already saw mold on one of my loaves of bread.
I had to buy a lot of stuff to get the points I needed and I'm close. But once again I got a cashier who just starts putting my stuff in plastic bags and I have to tell her no. People can tell me to tell them first, but my mind doesn't work that way. There's a lot going on. She continued putting my stuff in plastic bags and I had to remind her again and she said something like "Don't yell at me." I wasn't yelling! She just walked away and someone else had to finish. I was told she was new. I didn't see my usual cashier but it turned out she was there. Well, I've had it. I went to the store's web site and tried to get them to move my points to next month while also telling them how unpleasant the whole experience was in that store. People need to not block aisles while socializing, and they shouldn't be socializing, period and not wearing masks. There's still a virus.
And I still can't find whole grain saltine crackers. I got some at the store where I was going to get buns which didn't have them. It's another store brand which might not be quite as good.
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Post by KyleEl on Jun 6, 2022 15:01:41 GMT -5
I haven't checked on my bread lately.
The whole grain saltine crackers are good. I'll get that brand even though I can't get points.
I used my points as the Gas Price thread says. I did get an email today saying they had been moved, so not sure what that means. I think the person misunderstood but I earned all 200 points.
I've got way more cookies than I need, but time will pass and I'll eat them all. I hope. As long as they don't get stale or eaten by a mouse. I've been getting store brand cookies to make up for losing any to mice.
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Post by KyleEl on Jun 15, 2022 14:15:30 GMT -5
The round whole grain crackers used to come in a brown package. I wish they still did. Once again I got the wrong ones. However, if I eat store brand Triscuits, the result is the same as if I eat the whole grain crackers and Cheez-Its with whole grain.
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Post by KyleEl on Jun 20, 2022 17:23:41 GMT -5
Dairy Queen had no slaw on hot dogs. I ended up eating really late but didn't have to go to my favorite place Saturday after I ate there for lunch Thursday. I had no desire to deal with all the traffic there.
No pancakes on Saturday! No problem. I'll go to Burger King. Which was drive through only. Still? I don't do drive through. I got a honey bun at a grocery store. I had hoped to use my gift card. I went back to the place where I knew there weren't pancakes. The card was declined (see the gas price thread) but I still got my breakfast since someone was generous. A muffin that got crumbs all over everything in the car.
For lunch yesterday I had to wait. Drive through only two places. I found a restroom but saw the prices and that's all I did. I ate much later.
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Post by KyleEl on Jun 24, 2022 14:47:49 GMT -5
I got two loaves of another brand of bread and got nearly all the points I need this month. I got a call from the store where I get points that they had the square whole-grain crackers again. Actually, that store didn't usually have them. I had to get them at two other stores in the same chain.
I got home to find my milk undrinkable. I don't remember if I drank enough for lunch since I'd need to drink more in hot weather. I got milk early in the day because I needed a reason to stop. I don't think I got milk for supper but may have just drunk whatever else I had. But there wasn't a lot left anyway and I'm almost out of what I got at the store where I get points, even though it was 20 cents more than the other place where I get milk, so I wouldn't have to stop again, even though I had a long way to go yet. Actually, when I got milk yesterday it was 10 cents higher so I paid only 10 cents more.
I didn't get milk for lunch or anywhere else before getting home. The place where I got gas didn't have cheap milk. No, I don't want "Muscle Milk" or anything flavored. I want it cheap. The drug store next to where I got lunch that was too expensive had the same situation. So as I did on the way up, I just drank what was in the car. A six-pack I got during the pandemic when it was technically against the rules to go to where I get my flavored water normally. The six-pack was cheaper than the liter bottles which cost way more than where I get points.
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Post by KyleEl on Jun 27, 2022 16:23:07 GMT -5
It wasn't just my milk. My orange juice also went bad. I don't know why. My power wasn't out even though my aunt asked if it was. All my shows recorded.
I'm through with round crackers that aren't whole grain. Now that I have round whole grain crackers I can eat whole grain Cheez-Its instead of store brand wheat thins or Triscuits, both of which have ... consequences. So far no sales on Ritz. I also ran out of small cans of soup.
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Post by KyleEl on Jul 1, 2022 13:41:43 GMT -5
I found biscuits in the refrigerator. They had rolled back to the back. And they had popped open.
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Post by KyleEl on Jul 4, 2022 14:10:48 GMT -5
I knew I had forgotten something. No more slaw and peanut butter sandwiches! It's a way to eat my vegetables when I get a Popeyes chicken sandwich. I have in the past just eaten slaw right out of the container.
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Post by KyleEl on Jul 8, 2022 13:36:41 GMT -5
I am on my last loaf of bread that isn't my usual brand. My brand was on sale and I have four.
I forgot to buy hot dog buns after I couldn't find the kind I usually get. I'm not spending more than I have to but I just forgot yesterday. Another use for regular bread.
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Post by KyleEl on Jul 15, 2022 14:26:30 GMT -5
I'm nearly through with the first of four loaves of my brand of bread. I have a few slices left of the other brand.
I got hot dog buns but milk had gone up. I was going to buy it where it was cheaper than where I normally go. The last time it wasn't that cheap, it turned out it was. That was the case again. However, given how hot it was and how far I was traveling, maybe it was better to wait. I was about to get two jugs but remembered what happened when I got home from the mountains.
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Post by KyleEl on Jul 18, 2022 14:33:26 GMT -5
One pair of slices from the last loaf that isn't my usual brand, three loaves of my usual brand.
I had a hard time opening a new box of fish sticks Friday. I had to open the freezer door so the ice would melt. Finally I was able to pry one box loose.
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Post by KyleEl on Jul 22, 2022 16:07:02 GMT -5
At the dollar store (the one that charges a dollar for everything, or did before inflation) I only found one package of cookies that was large enough to be worth buying. However, this was a type of cookie I save for the weekend and have too many of now. All the other cookies are name brands in small packages. This package was not a familiar brand.
Two more loaves of my usual bread. I hope they all last.
Yesterday I had to eat another peanut butter and slaw sandwich after I said I'd never do that again. I guess I'll need to do that next time I go to Popeyes, but this was after I ordered a sandwich with lettuce and tomato and got home and found out they left those off. The price of the sandwich was outrageous even if lettuce and tomato had been on it. I will go back to tell them to please make up for what they did.
Forgot to mention that while I didn't think to bring the biscuits with me, I told the people at the store what happened. One cashier said without the actual biscuits they couldn't do anything. They've always let me take a replacement. I found someone else but I had to let her process the can of biscuits. They never did that before but she said they have to so they'll know the biscuits weren't just missing.
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Post by KyleEl on Jul 29, 2022 14:52:08 GMT -5
I went back to the restaurant where I was not only overcharged but I didn't get lettuce and tomato. The waitress once again had trouble hearing me and said it was because of the traffic on the road. I explained the situation and not one attempt to make me feel better. I got lettuce and tomato this time but I was charged even more. And all she could say was she couldn't give it to me for free. I didn't tell you to. You have a boss and you are supposed to tell him I'm mad about being charged so much AND about the lettuce and tomato being left off because I have no way of knowing she can't hear me. I called later and didn't seem to get any further with them. I was told the boss was not available or something like that. I left my name and number but nothing more happened. The only reason I will ever go back there is that some employees in the past didn't charge me as much as they were supposed to because I only had so much cash and they don't take cards. I didn't even get charged one time for some reason.
There was mold on the last four slices of bread in one loaf.
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Post by KyleEl on Aug 5, 2022 14:39:49 GMT -5
I went to a place where I have used my credit card in the past, but sandwiches went up so just to use my credit card I was paying a dollar more than I had to. There was no reason to get milk if I was going straight home. I paid cash and the sandwich was back at the old price. This is good news after I paid about a dollar more for sandwiches at another place, only to find they left the lettuce and tomato off and when I went back the next week, they didn't do a thing.
I have two more loaves of bread.
Where I get points, my total points for the month were the points I got that day. I was told to call the 800 number. I did and they had my correct point total.
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Post by KyleEl on Aug 8, 2022 15:31:35 GMT -5
I found a loaf I didn't know I still had. Hopefully it will last. two slices had to just go out because I couldn't find anything that wasn't discolored.
I forgot to check to make sure my coupon was used. I looked at the receipt and it wasn't, but they'll give me the money. There's no way to prove I gave them the coupon. This wasn't about food, but the way.
And now I know why I didn't get points. I thought I saw the receipt but they told me I had 20 points. Why the person didn't notice my total for the month was 549, I don't know. I don't know how the man who answered the phone solved the problem but maybe it was because I reported the problem and they didn't need proof to fix it.
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Post by KyleEl on Aug 15, 2022 12:46:43 GMT -5
I spilled apple juice all over my cleaning towels. I had bought a large bottle but knew it would be hard to pour, so I poured the juice in an empty small bottle and then refilled that bottle when it was empty again. More of it didn't make it into the second bottle than I had hoped. I used the towels to clean later but they weren't clean when I used them.
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